Teaching to learn, learning to teach : a handbook for secondary school teachers / Alan J. Singer with Maureen Murray, S. Maxwell Hines and the Hosfstra New Teachers Network.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singer, Alan J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High school teaching--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

High school teaching.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xvi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2003.

Contents:

Preface: Our Approach to Teaching xiii

Book I Goals and Responsibilities for Teachers 1

A Letter to Future Teachers 1

1 Goals: Why Do You Want to Be a Teacher? 5

A The Challenge 6

B How Do Your Beliefs About the World Shape Your Teaching? 7

John Dewey's Philosophy of Education 8

Paulo Freire's Philosophy of Education 9

Septima Clark's Philosophy of Education 10

Other Educational Thinkers You Should Know 11

C How Ideas Shape Our Teaching 13

Which One Is English? 14

D Becoming a Teacher 1: New Teachers Discuss Their Ideas 16

My Dreams and Hope / Christina Agosti-Dircks 17

Race and U.S. Politics and Education / Howard Fuchs 18

I Want to Give Back to the Community / Pedro Sierra 19

A Moral Obligation to Care About Others / Gayle Meinkes-Lumia 21

Teaching as an Act of Resistance / Michael Pezone 22

Faith in God Gives Me Faith in Myself / Deon Gordon Mitchell 23

E Why Do You Want to Be a Teacher? 24

F First-Semester Education Students Reflect on Their Experience 25

My Secondary Education General Methods Reflective Practice Journal / Alice Van Tassell 25

My Secondary Education General Methods Reflective Practice Journal / Maritza Perez 29

G Alan's Pedagogical Creed

What I Know About Teaching and Learning (with apologies to John Dewey) 31

2 Responsibilities: What Is a Teacher? 35

A My Best Teachers 1: Directed Experience, Scaffolding, and Creative Maladjustment 36

B Nuts and Bolts of Teaching 1 38

I Was Not a Great Student / Christian Caponi 40

"By the Book" Versus "the Real World" / Steve Bologna 41

C Becoming a Teacher 2: New Teachers Discuss Their Personal Experiences as Students 41

A Student Who Did Just Enough to Get By / Stacey Cotten 42

I Was Once in Their Shoes / Susan Soitiriades 43

I Hated Teachers Who Were Controlling / Jennifer Bambino 44

I Was Called "Spic" / Lynda Costello-Herrera 45

I Was the New Kid and I Was Scared / Stephanie Hunte 46

I Could Not Speak English / Jayne O'Neill 47

D Teaching Stories 1 48

I Come From a Family of Teachers / Maureen Murphy 49

How I Learned to Teach Math / Rhonda Eisenberg 52

For Jonathan Levin, Teacher / Alan Singer 55

Book II PRO/CLASS Practices

Planning, Relationships, Organization, Community 59

3 Planning: How Do You Plan a Lesson? 63

A What Are Your Goals? 63

B What Are Teaching Strategies? 66

C My Best Teachers 2: A Lesson in Humility 67

D What Does a Lesson Look Like? 69

What Is a Lesson Plan? 69

What Do You Need to Consider? 70

E Four Sample Lesson Formats 71

An Activity-Based Format 71

A Developmental Lesson Format 76

Format for Hunter's Approach to Lesson Planning 79

Format for a Streamlined Activity-Based Lesson Plan 81

F Becoming a Teacher 3: What Makes Someone Successful as a Teacher? 85

I Will Not Let the Wheelchair Be an Excuse / Dennis Mooney 85

G Teaching Stories 2 87

How I Learned to Be a Teacher / David Morris 87

H What Is Thematic Teaching (in Social Studies, Biology, and Everything Else)? 91

I Some Useful Ideas for Organizing Lessons 94

4 Relationships: Why Are Relationships With Students Crucial to Successful Teaching? 103

A How Important Are Relationships Between a Teacher and Students? 103

B My Best Teachers 3: Learning From My Students 105

C How Important Is It to "See" and "Hear" Students? 108

D What Does It Mean to Be "Gifted"? 109

Were the Mystery Men Gifted? / Alan Singer 111

Promoting Relationship, Literacy, and Responsibility / Judith Y. Singer, Alan Singer 113

E Teaching Stories 3 115

Reflections on Race, Democracy, and Education: What Kind of Teacher Do You Want to Be? / S. Maxwell Hines 115

F Should Teachers See Race and Discuss Injustice? 120

5 Organization: How Are Classrooms and Schools Organized? 123

A If You Could Build a Secondary School From Scratch, What Would It Look Like? 124

B How Can You Find (and Hold Onto) a Job in a Traditional School Setting? 127

C If You Could Design a Secondary School Classroom, What Would It Look Like? 130

D Nuts and Bolts of Teaching 2: How Do You Establish Classroom Rules? 133

E How Do You Organize an Inclusive Classroom? 136

General Classroom Suggestions for Inclusive Classrooms 136

Co-teaching Suggestions for Classroom and Inclusion Teachers 137

F Becoming a Teacher 4: Responding to Different School Settings 138

The First Day of the School Year / Laura Pearson 138

A New Teacher's Difficult Journey / Nichole Williams 140

I Know I Can Get My Message Across / Ken Dwyer 143

My Students Call Me the "Math Geek" / Kathleen Simons Smith 145

6 Community: How Do You Build Classroom Communities Committed to Educational Goals? 151

A Can Community Emerge From Chaos? 152

B How "Teacher Tricks" Can Help Build Community 155

C Becoming a Teacher 5: What Does Community Building Look Like? 157

I Struggle for My Students, Not Against Them / Rachel Gaglione 157

D How Do "Corny Teacher Jokes" Help You to Be "Real"? 159

E How Does Cooperative Learning Build Community While Promoting Student Achievement? 161

F How Can Teachers Develop Student Leadership? 164

Concluding Thoughts for Book II: A PRO/CLASS Practices Approach to Dealing With Classroom and Other Professional Problems 167

A Some Complicated but Pretty Standard "Classroom Problems" 169

B Guidance-Related Issues Can Be Very Thorny and Raise Legal Questions 173

C Relationships With Colleagues Can Be Tricky 175

D Disagreements With School Policies 176

Book III PRO/CLASS Practices

Literacy, Assessment, Support, Struggle 179

7 Literacy: How Can Teachers Encourage Student Literacies? 181

A What Is Critical Literacy? 182

B How Many Kinds of Literacy Are There? 184

C What Are Literacy Standards? 186

D How Can Students Learn Complex Material While Still Struggling to Improve Their Reading Skills? 187

E How Can the Same Text Have Multiple Meanings? 190

Using Multicultural Literature to Understand Self and World / Judith Y. Singer, Sally Smith 190

F How Can Classroom Practice Promote Student Literacies? 192

G How Can Teachers Learn and Teach About Technology in a Universe Where Technology Is Continually Changing? 193

H What Is Technological Literacy? 196

Technology Is All Around You / Gary Benenson 196

Using Modern Educational Technology Makes Your Lessons More Exciting / Jason Noone 198

8 Assessment: How Should Teachers Assess Student Learning and Their Own Performance? 201

A How Should Teachers Assess Student Learning? 204

B How Can Teachers Design Fair Assessments? 207

C Sample Assessment Rubrics 209

D Ideas for Designing Fair Tests That Authentically Assess Student Understanding 211

E What Does a Student Portfolio Look Like? 217

F How Should Teachers Assess Their Own Practice? 219

G Classroom Observation Forms 221

9 Support: How Can Teachers Provide Support for Students Having Difficulty in School and Life? 225

A What Should Teachers Know About the World of Children and Adolescents? 226

Valuing What Our Students Know / Judith Kaufman 226

B Becoming a Teacher 6: What Kind of Support Do Teenagers Need? 232

Nobody Ever Told Me I Was Special / Lauren Rosenberg 232

A Couple Since They Were 14 234

I Am Tired of Seeing Black and Latino Students Not Succeeding / Samuel Charles 235

I Did Not Want to Be Another Hispanic Statistic / Ruth Santos 236

I Was in Sixth Grade and Could Not Read / Adeola Tella 238

I Needed to Be Accepted; I Needed to Feel Safe / J. B. Barton 239

C Why Are Students At Risk? 242

Every Student Here Is At Risk / Alan Singer 242

D Why Did People Die at Columbine? 244

E How Should Schools Deal With Tragic Events? 247

F What Kind of Support Do Teachers Need? 248

Teachers Need Support, Too: The New Teachers Network's Response to the Amadou Diallo Case / S.

Maxwell Hines, Maureen Murphy, Alan Singer, Sandra Stacki 248

10 Struggle: How Can We Struggle to Be More Effective Teachers and Build Better Schools? 253

A What Should You Think About as You Prepare to Student Teach or Start Your First Teaching Position? 255

B What Will Student Teaching Be Like? 257

A Student Teacher's Journey / Dawn Brigante 258

C Recommendations for New Teachers / Stephanie Hunte, Alan Singer, Michael Pezone 263

D What Can Teachers Do? / S. Maxwell Hines, Maureen Murphy, Alan Singer, Sandra Stacki 266

E Postscript

Not "Another Brick in the Wall" 268

Appendix I Ideas for Your Professional Portfolio, Resume, and Cover Letter 270.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805842152

OCLC:

51800388